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Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Hylia (Legend of Zelda), Impa (Legend of Zelda), Demise (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Novelization, will add tags/characters/ships as they become more prominent, i'm going to try to write this in such a way that anyone can read it, fans or no, creative liberties are going to be taken with backstories/headcanons, but i want to try to stay canon compliant, i might fix a character arc here or there
âMmm,â Zelda feigned deep thought. âOne condition!â
Tilting his head, Linkâs expression softened a little, and Zelda met it with a smile that started forced and quickly became real.
âYou gotta tell me my loftwingâs name,â Zelda said. âFairâs fair!â
Blinking through tired eyes, Link looked to this inquiry with the absurdity it deserved, hands a bit unsteady. âTh-Thatâs a lot of pressure, itâs your bird, how am I supposed toââ
âBecause I named your bird, so maybe youâre supposed to name mine!â
âWhat if I get it wrong?â
âYou wonât!â Zelda threw her hands up, then gestured to her loftwing, who stood patiently beside her. âJust look at him. What feels right? First impulse! One, two, three, go!â
âUhââ Link said aloud, a half-sputter he couldnât keep locked away. His eyes met the birdâs, desperate for the correct answer, and in the quickly-passing seconds all Link could do was pull his thumb close to his palm and messily sign, âBlue?â
And if Zelda could have, she would have toppled to the floor in discs like cut bamboo, utterly defeated. Instead, she just dissolved into those boisterous cackles Link knew so well, hugging him tight with tears in her eyes, âYouâre an idiot, Link.â